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  Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2019 Airbus is bringing another experimental system to the International Space Station (ISS) in the form of the photobioreactor (PBR). The PBR, developed by the University of Stuttgart and built by Airbus on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), is designed to convert part of the CO2 extracted by the 'LSR' Life Support Rack on board the ISS into oxygen and biomass, which could help to save valuable resources during future long-term missions into space. ... read more |
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Artificial intelligence speeds efforts to develop clean, virtually limitless fusion energyPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science that is transforming scientific inquiry and industry, could now speed the development of safe, clean and virtually limitless fusion energy ... more  
Navy executes successful test of AEGIS Virtual Twin software in missile testWashington (UPI) Apr 24, 2019 The U.S. Navy successfully executed a live-fire drill controlled by the AEGIS Virtual Twin, a prototype software upgrade for the AEGIS weapon system, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command said. ... more  
Snake-inspired robot slithers even better than predecessorBoston MA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Bad news for ophiophobes: Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new and improved snake-inspired soft robot that is faster an ... more 
Researchers report high performance solid-state sodium-ion batteryHouston TX (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Solid-state sodium-ion batteries are far safer than conventional lithium-ion batteries, which pose a risk of fire and explosions, but their performance has been too weak to offset the safety advanta ... more |
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China to build moon station in 'about 10 years'Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2019 Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade, state media reported Wednesday, citing a top space official. ... more 
NASA 'Nose' importance of humans, robots exploring togetherGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 NASA is sending humans forward to the Moon, this time to stay. Upcoming expeditions to the Moon will require making every moment of astronaut time outside the safety of the Gateway in orbit and luna ... more  
NASC TigerShark-XP UAV Receives FAA Experimental CertificationWarminster, PA (SPX) Apr 29, 2019 Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) received a Special Airworthiness Certification in the Experimental Category from the FAA for two of its NASC TigerShark-XP aircraft, the N1740X and N1750X. ... more  
What Are CubeSats?Bethesda, MD (SPX) Apr 24, 2019 The "CubeSat" is a type of miniaturized satellite for low earth orbit (LEO) space research and applications. One of these is typically made up of one or more 10+ 10+ 11.35 cm cubic units, and each u ... more  
Marines to field enhanced handheld targeting system later this yearWashington DC (UPI) Apr 25, 2019 The U.S. Marine Corps plans to field a new version of an existing handheld GPS targeting system later this year, the military branch announced on Thursday. ... more |
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Lockheed Martin awarded $117.1M contract for F-35 partsWashington (UPI) Apr 24, 2019 Lockheed Martin has received a $117.1 million contract modification for a variety of spares for the F-35 fighter planes of the U.S. Air Force and Marines. ... more  |
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Air Force's B-1B bombers back in the air after month-long safety inspectionWashington (UPI) Apr 24, 2019 Flights of the U.S. Air Force fleet of 62 B-1B Lancer bombers resumed after a nearly month-long stand-down for safety inspections, the Air Force announced. ... more  
China launches new BeiDou satelliteXichang (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 10:41 p.m. Saturday. Launched on a Long Ma ... more  
Drop test proves technologies for reusable microlauncherMadrid (ESA) Apr 15, 2019 Spain's PLD Space, supported by ESA, has demonstrated the technologies for a reusable first stage of their orbital microlauncher, Miura 5. Miura 5 (formerly Arion 2) is aimed to provide dedica ... more 
Virginia Tech cubesat ready for launch into spaceBlacksburg VA (SPX) Apr 16, 2019 In a giant leap for Virginia Tech, the first satellite built by undergraduate students is scheduled to be launched into space on April 17, 2019. One small step closer to reaching space, a grou ... more 
China to enhance international space cooperationBeijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2019 China will promote aerospace development, strengthen international cooperation and contribute Chinese wisdom, plans and strength in man's peaceful utilization of outer space, said an official with C ... more |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Scientists from TPU, Germany, and the United States have found a new way to functionalize a dielectric, otherwise known as 'white graphene', i.e. hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), without destroying it or changing its properties. Thanks to the new method, the researchers synthesized a 'polymer nano carpet' with strong covalent bond on the samples.
Prof Raul Rodriguez from the TPU Research Sch ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 22, 2019 
Boeing has been awarded a $605 million contract for the production of the Air Force's 11th Wideband Global Satellite Communication Space Vehicle.
The Department of Defense, which announced the contract on Friday, depends on the WGS system to communicate with warfighters across the globe. Ten Ka-band and 8 X-band beam can be positioned anywhere in the field of view of each satellite, acc ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Apr 23, 2019 
China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 10:41 p.m. Saturday.
Launched on a Long March-3B carrier rocket, it is the 44th satellite of the BDS satellite family and the first BDS-3 satellite in inclined geosynchronous Earth orbit.
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 Arlington VA (AFNS) Apr 18, 2019 
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson unveiled a new and ambitious Science and Technology Strategy designed to better identify, develop and deploy breakthrough technologies, April 17.
The 32-page report is a blueprint for the next decade and beyond. The strategy includes an array of changes allowing the Air Force to maximize - and expand - its technological advantage in the new era of ... more |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
A physical effect known as superinjection underlies modern light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and lasers. For decades this effect was believed to occur only in semiconductor heterostructures - that is, structures composed of two or more semiconductor materials.
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have found superinjection to be possible in homostructures, which are ma ... more |
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 Lesbos Island, Greece (AFP) April 22, 2019 
Knee-deep in water on a picture-postcard Lesbos island beach, a team of Greek university students gently deposits a wall-sized PVC frame on the surface before divers moor it at sea.
Holding in plastic bags and bottles, four of the 5 metre-by-5-metre (16 foot-by-16-foot) frames are part of an experiment to determine if seaborne litter can be detected with EU satellites and drones.
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 Jenjarom, Malaysia (AFP) April 25, 2019 
From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants from the US to Australia, China's ban on accepting the world's used plastic has plunged global recycling into turmoil.
For many years, China received the bulk of scrap plastic from around the world, processing much of it into a higher quality material that could be used by manufacturers.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2019 
Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade, state media reported Wednesday, citing a top space official.
China aims to achieve space superpower status and took a major step towards that goal when it became the first nation to land a rover on the far side of the moon in January.
It now plans to build a scientific researc ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 24, 2019 
The U.S. Navy successfully executed a live-fire drill controlled by the AEGIS Virtual Twin, a prototype software upgrade for the AEGIS weapon system, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command said.
Crew aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Thomas Hudner, partnered with the Navy's Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems, fired a standard SM-2 missile made by Raytheon Corp. t ... more |
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 Istanbul (AFP) April 19, 2019 
Turkey is "taking into account" NATO concerns over its Russian missile deal, the country's foreign minister said on Friday, in more conciliatory remarks over a purchase stoking tensions between Washington and Ankara.
The deal for Russian S-400 missiles riled Washington, prompting US officials to suspend Turkey's participation in the US-made F-35 jet programme and warn of more sanctions again ... more |
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 Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Compared to so-far used global heating schemes, which are slow and energy-costly, light-controlled heating, using optical degrees of freedom such as light wavelength, polarisation, and power, allows to implement local, efficient, and fast heating schemes for the use in nanomagnetic computation or to quantify collective emergent phenomena in artificial spin systems.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 15, 2019 
Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia have received FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) anthropomorphic robot for its potential use in manned space missions, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday.
"FEDOR - anthropomorphic rescue robot developed by the Android Technology R and D Company as well as the Rus ... more |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Cubic Corporation reports its Cubic Mission Solutions (CMS) business division has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company to supply its Wideband Satellite Communications (SATCOM) modem system and Line-of-Sight (LOS) Common Data Link (CDL) system for the MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling program.
"Our resilient, wideband communication solution will enable the MQ-25 to conduct its missio ... more |
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